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Russia blames soldiers' phones for giving away position to Ukraine

Daily Mail Logo Daily Mail | Slide 1 of 10: Russia has blamed its soldiers illegally using their mobile phones for giving away their location before a deadly Ukrainian strike killed 'hundreds' of their troops at a military college. The Kremlin has raised the death toll from the New Year's Day strike in Makiivka from 63 to 89, the highest acknowledged loss in the war, although Ukraine says the true number is around 400 dead. Pictured: Emergency workers remove debris from the destroyed vocational college building in Makiivka struck on New Year's Day.

Russia blames soldiers' phones for giving away position to Ukraine

Russia has blamed its soldiers illegally using their mobile phones for giving away their location before a deadly Ukrainian strike killed 'hundreds' of their troops at a military college. The Kremlin has raised the death toll from the New Year's Day strike in Makiivka from 63 to 89, the highest acknowledged loss in the war, although Ukraine says the true number is around 400 dead. Pictured: Emergency workers remove debris from the destroyed vocational college building in Makiivka struck on New Year's Day.
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